Last updated on: 6/12/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Seth Waxman, JD Biography

Title:
41st US Solicitor General
Position:
None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Mar. 26, 2007

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
    Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 2001-Present
  • 41st Solicitor General of the United States, 1997-2001
  • Acting Solicitor General, Acting Deputy Attorney General, 1994-1997
  • Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Associate Deputy Attorney General, US Department of Justice
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Pro Bono Publico award, American Bar Association
  • Benjamin N. Cardozo Certificate of Merit, Anti-Defamation League
  • Rockefeller Fellow, Kenya, 1974
Education:
  • JD, Yale Law School, 1977
  • BA, Harvard College, 1973
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Is Gun Ownership an Individual Right Guaranteed by the Second Amendment?